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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism
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Reopening; Transparency; Stimulating real estate demand; US-China — Sinocism
Covid reopening and growing concerns about lack of transparency; Marcos meets Xi; Propaganda work — Sinocism
Reopening; Testing PRC travelers; Wang Qishan in Brazil; More weak economic data; 辱华 — Sinocism
China Condemns Its People to Relive the Nightmare of 2020 — Bloomberg
China threatens ‘countermeasures’ over other countries’ Covid travel restrictions — The Guardian
Battered by Covid, China Hits Pause on Giant Chip Spending Aimed at Rivaling US — Bloomberg
China can see a ‘light of hope’ in Covid battle, says Xi Jinping in New Year’s message — SCMP
Xi Jinping’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts — Financial Times
Update: 2023 Chinese Grand Prix return inches closer — RacingNews365
New Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang: What I learned in America — Washington Post
Why China’s new foreign minister could be a problem for Biden — Politico
Qin Gang 秦刚 on Twitter — @AmbQinGang
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists — Forbes
Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices, setting up a chaotic 2023 for the app — NBC News
Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China — Buzzfeed News
China's Bayi Rockets vs NBA champions Washington Bullets in 1979 — YouTube